The Cutest Baby/Kid Contests Call today to schedule an appointment! If your child is newborn to 24 months old, enter her in my Cutest Baby Contest. I'm booking through March 31st and online voting will begin April 17th and run through April 30th. Also, starting March 1st I'm booking sessions through April 30th for the Cutest Kid. If your child is 25 months through 5 years of age they could win this contest. Voting will begin May 15th through May 31st. Winners of both contests will win a $100.00 print credit with me for portraits or future sessions!
Join The Birthday Club for FREE! If your child is 9 years old or under, you can have a FREE birthday photo session! Just make an appointment for your child's session to take place in my studio (no in-home sessions) during the month of their birthday and there is no session fee charged. It's that simple. If it's your child's FIRST BIRTHDAY we'll end the session with a mini-cake that they can dive into and we'll capture it all ~ complete with crown for baby and all! Call now to set up an appointment. For any January babies that may have missed this lead, I'll still photograph them through the end of February for FREE!
January 1, 2010 ~ Dianna Griffin Photography announces the 3rd annual Senior High Portrait Scholarship. After the successful launch of the program in 2008 Dianna was happy to announce 3 winners in the 1st ever Senior High Portrait Scholarship. Since then she's given away another 4 packages for a grand total of $2,800.00 being given to deserving seniors. If you know of anyone who would qualify for this scholarship the only requirment, in addition to the ones listed below, is that they are a Junior this year with the promise of graduating next June, 2011. If you have ANY questions, contact Dianna at (937) 537-0223. Scholarships are evaluated on a first come, first serve basis.
September 1, 2008 ~ Dianna Griffin Photography announces the launch of 1st annual Senior High Portrait Scholarship. Being a former foster parent, I know that there are kids out there in their senior year of high school who will not be getting their senior photos taken. Whether it’s due to being in a single parent home, being in foster care or simply having a family who’s income does not allow the otherwise luxury of a senior high portrait session/package they simply will not have any photos taken. Therefore, I would like to introduce what I hope will be a yearly tradition for both my company as well as the Marysville, Fairbanks and North Union High Schools; a Senior Scholarship program in the form of a senior portrait package. The rules, or guidelines are really very simple. Anybody can nominate a senior student who they think deserves a senior package. It can be anybody (a teacher, a parent, a sibling, a friend, a student counselor, themselves, etc) ~ anybody can nominate a student.
To do so they simply must write an essay telling me why they think this senior deserves a package and mail it to me to be received by October 31, 2008. Please no emails or phone calls. I will need a contact name and phone number for both the person submitting the essay and for the senior they are nominating. I will then award one student from Marysville High School, Fairbanks High School and North Union High School a Senior Portrait gift certificate with a value of $400.00. This package will be awarded by November 15th, 2008 with an expiration date of June 30, 2009, and can only be used for that senior’s portraits (it’s non-transferable and can not be used for a family photo session). This initial Senior Scholarship is for current seniors only (those that will graduate in June of 2009). Depending on the response, I am looking at offering it again (most likely in January/February 2009) for the upcoming graduating seniors. Mail all essays to:
Dianna Griffin Photography 313 S. Plum Street Marysville, OH 43040 June 1, 2008 ~ Dianna Griffin Photography launches "The Nancy Project"; creating photographic legacies for families affected by cancer. Cancer changes the “face” of every person and family that it touches. As a photographer I know how important it is to have a family photo done on a regular basis. As a daughter of two parents who were both cancer patients, I wish more than anything that we had been able to get that one last family photo with everyone in it.
The Nancy Project is in honor of my mother, Nancy Schindler, who lost her battle to a rare form of brain cancer on February 2, 2004. Through it, I’m offering a free photo session and one free 8”x10” portrait for any family that has been affected by cancer ~ with absolutely no obligation to purchase anything else. For details call: 937-537-0223
September 1, 2007 ~ Dianna Griffin Photography asked to be photographer for Union County Pregnancy Care Center's 2007 Fundraising Banquet. Dianna Griffin Photography will be the official photographer for this year's Fundraising Banquet which takes place on November 8th at 7:00 pm, at Karen's Event Center in Marysville, OH. Kate Falk, one of their Board Members in charge of fundraising, asked Dianna to photograph's this year's events which will include the Table Hosting Dessert on September 20th. Each year the UCPCC uses this event, their Fundraiser Banquet, to thank those who have helped out through the year and to raise awareness of their facility and services which in turn gets new people involved. Dianna is well acquainted with the Pregnancy Care Center as she's photographed many of their client's babies, free of charge, for those who meet the requirements that where put in place by Tina Hill, the Director of the PCC. "I'm very happy that they asked me to document this event and I'm thrilled to be working with Kate, Tina and all the other people involved with the Pregnancy Care Center" Dianna said. For information on the Union County Pregnancy Care Center contact Tina Hill at 937.642.5683.
August 17, 2007 ~ Dianna Griffin Photography donates professional photography services to United Way Online Auction. Dianna Griffin was asked, by Dave Bezusko with the United Way of Union County, if she would be interested in donating a service or package to the United Way's On-line Auction which takes place from October 8th - October 30th. After learning that last year's auction raised more than $13,000.00 for the United Way, and knowing that all money raised stays right here in Union County, Dianna was more than happy to donate a gift certificate that can be redeemed for either one in-home photo session (includes one free 8"x10" print) or to be applied towards a wedding package, totaling $125.00. For more information on the United Way's Online Auction visit their website at www.unitedwayofunion county.org.
August 16, 2007 ~ Local Photographer wins awards at 2007 Union County Fair. Dianna Griffin, of Dianna Griffin Photography, had all three of her photography entries in the Professional Photography class winning awards. She won first place in the Black and White as well as in the Black and White With A Touch Of Color categories. She took third place with her entry in the Color category. All three photographs were of children or infants that she has photographed for clients. “I absolutely love working with children and families” Dianna said. “The children especially have such an innocence about them that I just love to capture on film.” Dianna Griffin is a Marysville resident and specializes in photography in the comfort of her client’s home. Since she travels to the client she covers a wide range of geographical area.
April, 2007 ~ Tiny Treasures Photography is now Dianna Griffin Photography. With the birth of her son in January of 2005, Dianna Griffin realized there was a need for in-home photography of infants and children. So Dianna decided to once again tap into her decades of photography and business experience and start her business in it's new location, of Marysville, under the name of Tiny Treasures Photography. Dianna's thought was that she would limit her sessions to infants and children. However, once word got out about the beauty and quality of her photographs, she quickly started getting phone calls for other photography venues. Some of her previous clients whose weddings she photographed years ago called to book sessions with their own families and she started receiving calls to book weddings again. So, after a year and a half of operating under the name of Tiny Treasures Photography, Dianna decided to rename her company a name befitting of all the services she provides; Dianna Griffin Photography, LLC. Along with family and infant photography Dianna now accepts appointments for maternity, Senior High portraits, weddings and events.
October, 2006 ~ This October Tiny Treasures Photography will participate with an elite group of photographers around the country in a very special family portrait promotion. Throughout October we will celebrate “Family Portrait Month,” a wonderful opportunity for you update your family portrait (or portraits of your children), and at the same time help to support Operation Smile, which treats children around the world who suffer with cleft lips, cleft palates and other facial deformities. Along with other studio members of Professional Photographers of America (PPA), we have pledged to contribute a portion of each photo session fee to PPA Charities, which has chosen Operation Smile as its charitable partner.
